1. Phrasal Verbs
The Things We Do
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Focus on Grammar 3
Part II, Unit 10
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
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2. Phrasal VerbsPhrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs = verb + particle
He woke up at 6:30 a.m.
Strangers woke him up.
The particle looks like a
Preposition, but it doesn’t
function as a preposition.

3. ParticlesParticles
Particles are part of the verb phrase, and they
often change the meaning of the verb.
He looked up at
the skyscraper.
She looked up a
word in her dictionary.
preposition
particle

4. Using Phrasal VerbsUsing Phrasal Verbs
Many phrasal verbs and one-word verbs
have similar meanings.
wake up = awaken
go on = continue
take off = remove
take off
Phrasal verbs are less
formal and more common
in everyday speech.

5. Transitive Phrasal Verbs
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Transitive Phrasal Verbs
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Transitive phrasal verbs have objects.
Most transitive phrasal verbs are separable.
He called up his boss to
tell him he had overslept.
He called his boss up to
tell him he had overslept.
object
object

6. Transitive Phrasal Verbs
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Transitive Phrasal Verbs
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At the last minute, the bride
called off the wedding.
At the last minute, the bride
called the wedding off.
The object can come after the phrasal verb or
between the verb and the particle.
object
object
No
wedding
!

7. A friend called herher up at work.
Be Careful!Be Careful!
When the object is a pronoun, it must come
between the verb and the particle.
A friend called up herher at work.
object
object

8. Use each of the phrasal verbs to
form three sentences about things
that sometimes happen.
The baby often wakes upwakes up the parentsthe parents.
The baby often wakeswakes thethe
parentsparents upup. The baby often wakeswakes
themthem upup.
Practice 1Practice 1
wake up = awaken
pick out = select figure out = solve hand in = submit, give
take off = remove make up = create let down = disappoint
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
Example:

9. Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 1Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 1
Intransitive phrasal verbs do not have
objects.
He grew upgrew up in Egypt.
She will hang uphang up before she
gets into her car.
no object
no object

10. First I worked outworked out for an hour.
Then I dressed updressed up and
dropped indropped in at the party.
No one found outfound out that I
didn’t have an invitation!
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 2Intransitive Phrasal Verbs 2
Intransitive phrasal verbs do not have
objects.
no objects

11. I makemake dinner every night.I make upmake up dinner every night.
Be Careful!Be Careful!
Note the difference in meaning betweenote the difference in meaning between make,make,
make upmake up (transitive),(transitive), and make upand make up (intransitive).(intransitive).
He made upmade up a story
about Jill and Joe. make upmake up
= invent
(transitive)
They made upmade up. They
were friends again.
make upmake up
= reconcile
(intransitive)

12. What happens before and during a
party? Make sentences using the
transitive and intransitive phrasal
verbs.
I dress updress up nicely.
Practice 2Practice 2
dress up
ask over = invite put on = use clothes
set up = prepare straighten up = make neat
show up = appear let in = allow to enter
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
Example:
run out = not have enough7.
intransitive
intransitive
intransitive

13. ReferencesReferences
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